Mangaluru, Apr 17: Amidst high alert in the region following abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, the Mangaluru city police have arrested eight people, who had arrived in this port city and stayed in a lodge and were travelling in a vehicle having an illegal nameplate written as ‘Government of India’ board.
The arrested are T Sam Peter (53), a native of Kerala, T K Bopanna (33) of Siddapura in Madikeri, Madan (41) of Bengaluru South, Chinnappa (38) of Virajpet, Sunil Raju (35) of Kanakapura in Bengaluru, Kodandarama (39) of Gowdanapalya Utharahalli, G Moideen alian Cherian (70) of Kuloor in Mangaluru and S A K Abdul Lathif (59) of Falnir.
The police have recovered .22 revolver, and eight live rounds, 4.5 mm pistol, laptop, voice recorder and other documents. The gang also possessed fake identity cards and visiting cards.
City Police Commissioner Harsha said in a release that on August 16th night that a police team on night round spotted a suspicious SUV which had a board Director ‘National Crime Investigation Bureau’ Government of India, but without a registration plate.
Police apprehended five persons sitting in the vehicle after they tried to escape from the scene. On questioning the driver revealed that there were three more persons in the lodge, where he had parked his vehicle and the team was headed by one Sam Peter. The driver also revealed that the party could be planning to commit dacoity.
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